I’ve been crafting my way through a lot of old Christmas cards lately. I am grateful to all who have donated used cards for my crafts. I’m always looking for more. If you have some you want to be rid of, send them over!
The Christmas card shadow boxes have been a lot of fun. I have at least twenty more cards made into boxes, glittered and ready to embellish. After this weekend, I will get back into the craft room and make more boxes. I’ll post some later this week.
My sister came down this weekend to help us with the official start of Christmas decorating. We finished the Victoria tree and most of the decorating in the smaller guest room where the Victorian tree is placed. The upstairs hall tree and boxes came down from the attic, also. But, of course!, the hall tree needs a string of lights replaced. We’ll do that this next week and get that tree decorated, too. Pictures soon!
Another project I am using the old cards for are decoupaged ornaments. I peel the front of the card and use that to decorate a glass ball. Here are a few examples:
Snowbear
Front:
Back:
Christmas Angel
Front:
Back:
Chickadee Greetings
Front:
Back:
I have started a tutorial to show how to make the round ornaments. It will take a while to finish the post, but stay tuned. I hope to have it up in the next week or so. Much to do between now and then!
~~Rhonda
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Did you finish the tutorial for the round ornaments and recycled Christmas cards? Thought I’d make some. I really like the ones you made of your mother and parents. That would be a cute idea for the grandchildren – just use a picture/pictures from the past year and make each their own ornament.
Janice, I started it, but set it aside while doing Christmas prep. I will finish it soon! We were excited to have Joan and Pedro visit for the Open House today! They drove all the way down for it! 🙂
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